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Greenpeace Serves Luxon A Mock Poisonous Porridge To Highlight Glyphosate Rule Change
Friday, 9 May 2025, 3:44 pm | Greenpeace
Our kids, and every New Zealander, have a right to safe food. But this Government is proposing to allow 100 times more of a probable carcinogen onto the grains that feed us every day. More >>
Government Passes Kiwi Killing Bill Under Urgency
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 2:09 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says it’s the latest escalation in the Luxon Government’s war on nature and is calling for the immediate repeal of the amendment and for the Government to strengthen, not weaken, protections for the country’s endangered wildlife. More >>
Greenpeace Slams PM’s Science Pick: "Polluters Are Running The Show"
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 2:08 pm | Greenpeace
Working with Federated Farmers and Beef + Lamb, DairyNZ has pushed for a system called no additional warming to measure methane emissions. Greenpeace says this approach isn't grounded in science and is designed to justify doing less. More >>
BREAKING: Luxon Government To Pass Law Tonight That Legalises Killing Kiwi
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 5:57 pm | Greenpeace
The amendment to the Wildlife Act, New Zealand’s foundational wildlife protection law, would allow the Director-General of Conservation to grant companies permission to kill native animals if they get in the way of projects like roads, mines or dams. More >>
Australian Election A Warning Shot For Luxon’s Trump-style Agenda, Says Greenpeace
Monday, 5 May 2025, 10:02 am | Greenpeace
In Australia, Peter Dutton’s Coalition promised more offshore gas drilling. In Aotearoa, Luxon’s Government is repealing the oil and gas ban. In the U.S., Trump is gutting environmental protections to make way for fossil fuel expansion. More >>
Greenpeace Calls On Luxon To Show Leadership On Dairy Pollution As Canterbury Floods Highlight Growing Climate Crisis
Friday, 2 May 2025, 3:18 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Will Appelbe, who is based in Canterbury, says: "The damage caused by this extreme weather event is real, and will impact communities in Canterbury into the future. But neither is this the last time we will see flooding ... More >>
Luxon Celebrates Trump's 100th Day In Office With A Spray Tan
Friday, 2 May 2025, 12:49 pm | Greenpeace
The Luxon government seems hell-bent on waging an all-out war on nature, but Governments don’t last forever, and if the Labour Party now commits to overturning seabed mining consents next time they are in Government, it would be the last nail in the coffin ... More >>
Greenpeace Calls On Chris Hipkins To Take A Courageous Stand Against Seabed Mining
Thursday, 1 May 2025, 11:20 am | Greenpeace
For more than ten years, Trans-Tasman Resources has suffered defeat after defeat in the courts and faced opposition from Greenpeace and the Taranaki community, including iwi, commercial and recreational fishers and surfers. More >>
Greenpeace Slams Deep Sea Mining Application As A ‘Total Disregard For International Law’
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 10:51 am | Greenpeace
"This unilateral US effort to carve up the Pacific Ocean already faces fierce international opposition. Governments around the world must now step up to defend international rules and cooperation against rogue deep sea mining." More >>
Luxon’s War On Nature Opens Gate For More Dairy Conversion
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 7:05 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace spokesperson Will Appelbe says, "Everyone, no matter where they live, should be able to drink the water from their kitchen tap without getting sick. But this basic right is under threat by an already oversized intensive dairy industry ... More >>
Greenpeace Adds Support To Denniston Coal Mining Protest
Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 5:44 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace spokesperson Amanda Larsson says, "There comes a time when we have to stand up to the forces that conspire to put life on Earth at risk, and this is one of those moments. More >>
Global Livestock Industry Exposed For Rampant Rainforest Destruction, Despite No-Deforestation Pledges
Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:18 am | Greenpeace
"Industrial livestock companies like JBS and Fonterra continue banking billions while their supply chains devastate vital ecosystems and drive climate breakdown," says Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Amanda Larsson. More >>
Greenpeace Pledges Continued Fight Against Seabed Mining As Australian Miners Lodge EPA Application
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 4:33 pm | Greenpeace
Seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight would damage rich ecosystems and threaten precious marine life such as the pygmy blue whale, Māui and Hector’s dolphins and kororā. More >>
Greenpeace Renews Call On Ministry Of Health To Act On Nitrate Contamination In Drinking Water
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 7:28 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace spokesperson Will Appelbe says, "Safe, healthy drinking water is a fundamental human right, but many people in Canterbury cannot drink the water coming out of their kitchen tap without risking getting sick. This is a public health crisis, and the ... More >>
Greenpeace Corrects Federated Farmers’ Impotent Attack
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 2:39 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says that the Federated Farmers list of Greenpeace protests is far from comprehensive and omits dozens of examples of direct action that have played a key role in bringing about positive change in Aotearoa and beyond. More >>
NZ’s Environment Report Card Is Alarming
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 10:29 am | Greenpeace
"The report documents the alarming decline of nature in Aotearoa, driven by activities such as industrial dairying and fishing, and highlights the desperate need for strong Government regulation to protect nature from more harm", says Dr. Russel Norman, ... More >>
‘Anchor Rainforest Killer’ Palm Kernel Protest Continues In New Plymouth
Sunday, 6 April 2025, 3:19 pm | Greenpeace
From inside the Agrifeeds storage shed, Greenpeace spokesperson Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn said, "Fonterra markets its Anchor butter as ‘grass-fed’, but this is a deception. Every year, dairy cows in New Zealand are fed almost two million tonnes of palm kernel ... More >>
Taranaki: Greenpeace Activists Stop Unloading Of Palm Kernel Sourced From Indonesian Rainforests
Sunday, 6 April 2025, 1:40 pm | Greenpeace
As more and more evidence emerges of New Zealand’s link to destructive palm kernel, Fonterra must ban the use of this blood-soaked animal feed on all their farms across Aotearoa. More >>
Major Deep Sea Mining Company Goes Bankrupt
Friday, 4 April 2025, 4:29 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace urges governments to stand up to deep sea mining, and attempts by The Metals Company to bypass the United Nations process, by supporting a deep sea mining moratorium at the next ISA meeting in July. More >>
Greenpeace Bringing Free Drinking Water Nitrate Testing To Ashburton District This Weekend
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 8:31 am | Greenpeace
Drop-in testing events will be held at the Ashburton Events Centre on Friday, 4 April, 10.30am until 4.30pm, and the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall in Methven on Sunday, 6 April, 1pm until 5pm. More >>
